Bam Bam Baby

I want my tricycle! When I was a kid, I had a big wheels trike made of thick hard plastic. I took that thing everywhere, complete with handle bar tassels thank you very much. Nowadays living with a delicate footprint is important and thats trickled its way down to kid’s toys. Take for example the Bam Bam Baby trike. Designed out of the mindset of clean lights and small environmentally footprints, Bam Bam Baby is an alternative from injection molded plastic tricycles currently in the market. Made entirely of sustainably harvested bamboo, it’s strong, flexible, abrasion resistant, hypoallergenic, and quite aesthetically pleasing if I do say so myself.

The main body and wheels are designed to be cut out of a flat sheet. This not only makes it economical but also enables flat packing to reduce any excessive packaging. The wheel tread is made from off the shelf rubber o-rings which can be replaced easily when worn down. The pedals are made of recycled aluminum.

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good job, well thought out and (wonder of wonders) prototyped. A few suggestions, make the wheels solid disks as per the “original” keeps little ones from sticking hands. feet , arms in the holes and getting a “boo boo”, Kids do crazy stuff like that and parents seem to think that is YOUR FAULT if there presious tyke gets damaged.

Agreed, good simple clean design. Maybe change the handles as well so they kind of curve towards the seat and downward to be a little more ergonomic.

You might want to think up a better way to do the tread as well. I am not sure how readily available o-rings this size are. More importantly, these seem like they could roll off the wheels sideways easily, even if they are on there tightly. I like it though.

CAN YOU GET A SET OF DIY PLANS? IF SO WHERE. I AM DISABLED (CAN’T USE MY LEGS WELL. IF THERE WERE PLANS TO SOMETHING WELL THOUGHT OUT LIKE THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE IT FOR MY NEW TWIN GRANDKIDS. I MEAN THIS WOULD BE BETTER THEN A WOODEN TRAIN OR BOX. THANKS Ev.